What is the Storm Worm

The Storm worm botnet is considered to be one of the largest of all botnet populations. And this Storm-related botnet is perhaps the largest conveyor belt of spam, thought to be responsible for everything from pump and dump stock scams, to distribution of new malware via the ever constant greeting card scams. Storm also often uses fear tactics; one example is the private investigator scam email that tricked recipients into opening an alleged recording of themselves, a cleverly disguised new variant of Storm. But what exactly is the Storm worm and how did it get its name. For details, see: "What is the Storm Worm".